passive /pasˈiv/

1. Acted upon, not acting
2. Inert
3. Lethargic
4. Not reacting
5. Not actively resisting
6. Suffering (obsolete)
7. Bearing no interest (finance)
8. Under a liability (Scots law)
9. In or of which the subject is the person or thing that sustains, rather than performs, the action of the verb (grammar)

1. The passive voice (grammar)
2. A passive verb (grammar)
3. A passive person

passˈivate transitive verb (engineering)

To give (a metal) greater resistance to corrosion by coating the surface with eg oxides or phosphates

passˈively adverb

passˈiveness noun

passˈivism noun

Passive resistance

passˈivist noun

A passive resister

passivˈity noun

passˈive-aggressˈive adjective (psychology)

Resisting the demands of others and seeking to manipulate them while avoiding direct confrontation

passive immunity noun

The short-term immunity acquired either artificially, through the administration of antibodies, or naturally, as in the very young who receive antibodies through the placenta or in colostrum

passive obedience noun

1. Absolute submission to the ruling power
2. Obedience to the ‘divine right of kings’

passive resistance noun

Deliberate refusal (on principle) to do what law or regulation orders, and submission to the consequent penalties

passive resister noun

passive smoking noun

The involuntary inhalation of tobacco smoke that has been produced by others

• drippier
• drippiest
• dripping
• dripping-pan
• dripping-pans
• dripping roast
• dripping roasts
• drippings
• dripping wet
• drippy
• drips
• dripstone
• dripstones
• drip-tip
• drip-tips
• drisheen
• drisheens
• drivabilities
• drivability
• drivable
• drive
• driveabilities
• driveability
• driveable
• drive a coach and horses through